Keren Middelkoop, Lisa Micklesfield, Justine Stewart, Neil Walker, David A Jolliffe, Amy E Mendham, Anna K Coussens, James Nuttall, Jonathan Tang, William D Fraser, Waheedullah Momand, Cyrus Cooper, Nicholas C Harvey, Robert J Wilkinson, Linda-Gail Bekker, Adrian R Martineau
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether weekly oral vitamin D supplementation influences growth, body composition, pubertal development or spirometric outcomes in South African schoolchildren. DESIGN: Phase 3 double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial. SETTING: Socioeconomically disadvantaged peri-urban district of Cape Town, South Africa. PARTICIPANTS: 1682 children of black African ancestry attending government primary schools and aged 6-11 years at baseline...
April 10, 2024: BMJ Paediatrics Open